| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 451 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
SAGE law |
|
SAGE law.
|
| Contents |
Governance and coercion in India / Arvind Verma -- Public order in India: an empirical study / T.K. Vinod Kumar -- The depiction of corruption in English-language Indian fiction / Gilbert Geis -- Crime, criminals, treatment, and punishment: an exploratory study of views among college students in India and the US / Sudershan Pasupuleti, Eric G. Lambert, Shanhe Jiang, Jagadish V. Bhimarasetty, and K. Jaishankar -- Criminological and criminal justice education in India / N. Prabha Unnithan -- Secularism and preventing terrorism in India / Raghu Naath Singh and Dharam Pal Singh -- Citizens' perceptions of police integrity in India: an empirical exploration / Mahesh K. Nalla and Manish Madan -- All-women police stations in Tamil Nadu and their focus on crimes against women / Sesha Kethineni and Murugesan Srinivasan -- Impact of higher education upon perceptions of police officers in India / Julia Scott, Douglas Evans, and Arvind Verma -- Police shootings: perceived culture of approval / Jyoti Belur -- Nature of work, safety, and trust in private security in India: a study of citizen perceptions of security guards / Mahesh K. Nalla, Kiran Ommi, and V. Sreemannarayana Murthy -- Crimes against women in India / Sheetal Ranjan -- Examining legal responses to sexual violence: a review of court systems in India / Meghna Bhat and Aimee Wodda -- Toward a compliance model: the Indian Supreme Court and the attempted revolution in child rights / Sesha Kethineni and Jeremy Braithwaite -- Plea bargaining: a new law adopted by the Indian criminal justice system / Mathai Vairamon Mathew -- An assessment of the mental health of street-based sex workers in Chennai, India / Geetha Suresh, L. Allen Furr, and Aylur Kailasom Srikrishnan -- The death penalty in India / David T. Johnson -- The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000: protection, rehabilitation, and reform / Divya Sharma -- Prisons, corrections, and recidivism in Indian culture and society / S. George Vincentnathan and Lynn Vincentnathan |
| Summary |
Criminology and criminal justice is in its infancy in India. This book attempts to examine India's crime problem in detail and document if and how its criminal justice system has responded to emerging challenges and opportunities. The objective is to move beyond mere observations and thoughtful opinions, and make contributions that are the next steps in the development of an empirical (or evidence-based) criminology and criminal justice on this vast and diverse country-by focusing on research that is both balanced and precise. This book brings together a diverse set of 32 academics from India, the US, and the UK who have authored 19 chapters on many aspects of crime and justice in India. The organizational components or sectors of the criminal justice system are the police, the courts, and corrections. The studies collected here provide balanced coverage of the entire criminal justice system and not just one component of it. The first section of this book consists of overviews of several major issues that affect the entire criminal justice system. Section Two considers topics related to the gateway of the criminal justice system, policing. Section Three takes up the operational problems of criminal law and courts and Section Four deals with the difficult question of punishment and correction, the last part of the criminal justice system |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Crime -- India
|
|
Criminal justice, Administration of -- India
|
|
Criminology -- India
|
|
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
|
|
Crime
|
|
Criminal justice, Administration of
|
|
Criminology
|
|
India
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Unnithan, N. Prabha, 1952- editor.
|
| ISBN |
9788132113355 |
|
8132113357 |
|
9781299585225 |
|
1299585221 |
|
9788132114109 |
|
8132114108 |
|
